I am planning on selling my 17'' MBP to one of my good friends as I'd like to switch to a MacBook Air since it will better suit my needs. I was wondering if anybody has an idea of what a fair price would be.

A lot of linux ditros work without a graphics card, problem is you might need embedded hardware that is designed to work without a graphics card.

Cheapest way to build a headless pc is to get a cheap ass dell (yes, i know im sorry!!! :( ) with cheap ass integrated graphics, cofigure the machine, and then once its up and running to allocate less memory to the graphics card and more to the OS to increase performance.

Folks, Just a few clicks away from ordering a G4, 1.25, single, 512MB, 64MB ATI radeon, 80GB superdrive system... off the apple store advertised system

A few questions before I say...."I Do".....Hoping until death, do us part.

Please help me make the choice for the right configuration of the system, for the following uses.

Home DVD

Mostly want to use the apple as a digital hub... have 8mm tapes from 94 and now got a sony digital handycam for video....want to covert it all to DVD's. Will be going for an ipod (15GB)... Have a canon powershot g1 and want to organize all the pics from the zoom browser.

Want to go with the 512MB memory.....need more? less? comments?

2nd DVD/CD drive.....does it serve any purpose..?

Let's say about 50 hours of recording.....Would the 60GB hard drive be sufficient?

do i need the 128 MB nvidia card that is standard on the G4 advertised on the store system, ($1900+) or can i make to with the 64MB radeon?

1 1.25GHz processor is sufficient for movie editing and DVD, or is the dual processor utterly necessary?

Should I go with the apple monitor, (17 inch Studio) ... really steep price.....want to buy it later....will the G4 work with a normal crt monitor that i Have? wanted to shop around for a good LCD? how important is the power/usb/digital connection? what is so great about apple monitors? aren't they just OEM'ing? who makes apple's displays?

.MAC? is this useful? any catches? what is the real benefit other than virus protection? does mcafee/norton offer similar services for mac?

the apple protection? will i be using the $249? or is apple h/w really great that i would never need to use it? does this cover dead pixels on monitors etc? will apple replace under warranty?

Anyone spoken to them to confirm if they have a reservation list at all? :confused:

I checked with the store to see if they were doing pre-orders/reservations but they said that it would be on a first come, first served basis. It looks like Orange have back tracked on it as they originally said that they would be taking pre-orders.

I was thinking of heading there for about 7/7:15 ish too. The lady I spoke to yesterday at the store said that as long as you are there by about 7:45 it should be ok but that it depends on the numbers in the queue. However she didn't know what the stock would be so it was a guess.

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